George Gissing

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George Gissing was a late 19th-century English novelist known for his realistic, often bleak portrayals of lower-middle-class life in works such as "New Grub Street."

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instanceOf human
novelist
realist writer
activeYearsEnd 1903
activeYearsStart 1870s
birthDate 1857-11-22
birthPlace England
Wakefield NERFINISHED
West Yorkshire NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
deathDate 1903-12-28
educatedAt Owens College NERFINISHED
University of Manchester NERFINISHED
familyName Gissing NERFINISHED
genre realist fiction
social novel
givenName George NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject intellectuals
lower-middle-class life
urban poverty
movement literary realism
name George Gissing NERFINISHED
notableWork A Life's Morning NERFINISHED
Born in Exile NERFINISHED
Demos NERFINISHED
Eve's Ransom NERFINISHED
In the Year of Jubilee NERFINISHED
New Grub Street NERFINISHED
Our Friend the Charlatan NERFINISHED
The Nether World NERFINISHED
The Odd Women NERFINISHED
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft NERFINISHED
The Town Traveller NERFINISHED
The Whirlpool NERFINISHED
Thyrza NERFINISHED
Veranilda NERFINISHED
Workers in the Dawn NERFINISHED
occupation novelist
short story writer
placeOfDeath France
Saint-Jean-de-Luz NERFINISHED
residence Exeter NERFINISHED
France
Italy
London, England
surface form: London
sibling Algernon Gissing NERFINISHED
spouse Edith Underwood NERFINISHED
Nell Harrison NERFINISHED
workLocation Exeter NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
writingStyle pessimistic
realistic

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The Yellow Book notableContributor George Gissing